Archive for December, 2008

New design launched

21Dec08

We’ve implemented a new site design that’s lighter, cleaner, and helps segment information more effectively. I’m posting wireframes of the old and new designs below for comparison.

One thing we haven’t fully implemented yet is a history function near the top right part of the screen. A breadcrumb will be added for each piece of content [...]

Pre-1975 North American dissertations added

09Dec08

Last month, I finished cross-referencing Thomas Bechtle and Mary Riley’s Dissertations in Philosophy Accepted at American Universities, 1861-1975 (New York: Garland, 1978) against other sources of philosophy dissertations, including Dissertation Abstracts International, The Pragmatism Cybrary, and various library catalogs.
As described in the preface, Bechtle and Riley compiled a preliminary list from standard sources, including Dissertation Abstracts International [...]